Originally Posted By: JFAllen
First: Make sure the turbo charger is water cooled!!!
-Oil (only) cooed turbo's have a significantly higher risk of 'coking' the oil on shutdown, as their is no water to hold temperatures in the bearings below 100°C.
-This is responsible for many VW BKD 2.0L turbo failures
Always use the correct specification synthetic oil.
Change it at no more than 10,000kms. In Aus, anyone running turbo performance cars is 5,000kms. If you cruise the freeway to work regularly, 10,000kms is fine. 15,000mile OCI's on turbo petrol vehicles are a recipe for turbo failures. The sump's (too small) and filters simply can't deal with it. Big Diesel truck engines can get away with +20,000mile OCI's as the sump's are massive and have multi stage filtration. they also tend to run long kms cross country. most punters don't.
-As everyone here will attest, regular maintenance and inspection of your car is the simplest and cheapest way to ensure many years of happy motoring.
As for a CVT. the real question is do you have a soul (any sort of passion, not a religious thing?) and if the answer is yes, then why would you buy a car with an utterly soulless transmission.
I agree. Anyone trying to extend an OCI on a passenger car gas turbo is asking for it.
By the way. JFAllen, if you're looking to sponsor any one from the U.S.A. to Albury, I'm first in line!